--- title: "Article 1 – Article 10: Powers and recitals (Cover Regulation, ATM/ANS) — rule index · Avioverse" description: "Article 1 – Article 10, Regulation (EU) 2017/373. This Regulation lays down common requirements for: the provision of air traffic management and air…" url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals" --- # Powers and recitals Cover Regulation · Air Traffic Management / Air Navigation Services · Regulation (EU) 2017/373 · Article 1 – Article 10 On this page 1. ## [Article 1 Subject matter](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-1) This Regulation lays down common requirements for: the provision of air traffic management and air navigation services (‘ATM/ANS’) for general air… [GM1 Article 1 ‘Subject matter’](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-1#gm1-article-1) [GM2 Article 1 Subject matter](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-1#gm2-article-1) 2. ## [Article 2 Definitions](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-2) For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Annex I and the following definitions shall apply: [GM1 Article 2 ‘Definitions’](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-2#gm1-article-2) 3. ## [Article 3 Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3) Member States shall ensure that the appropriate ATM/ANS are provided and airspace structures are designed in accordance with this Regulation in a manner… [GM1 Article 3(1) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3#gm1-article-3-1) [GM1 Article 3(5) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3#gm1-article-3-5) [AMC1 Article 3(6) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3#amc1-article-3-6) [AMC2 Article 3(6) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3#amc2-article-3-6) [AMC3 Article 3(6) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3#amc3-article-3-6) [GM1 Article 3(6) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3#gm1-article-3-6) [GM1 Article 3(8) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3#gm1-article-3-8) [GM2 Article 3(8) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3#gm2-article-3-8) [AMC1 Article 3(9) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3#amc1-article-3-9) 4. ## [GM1 to AMC2 Article 3(6) (a) Provision of ATM/ANS and design of airspace structures](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/gm1-to-amc2-article-3-6-a-provision-of-atm-ans-and-design-of-airspace-structures) AERODROMES The aerodrome traffic zone should be linked to controlled aerodromes as potential aerodrome delineation. 5. ## [Article 3a Determination of the need for the provision of air traffic services](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3a) Member States shall determine the need for the provision of air traffic services by taking into account all of the following factors: [GM1 Article 3a(1) Determination of the need for the provision of air traffic services](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3a#gm1-article-3a-1) [GM2 Article 3a(1) Determination of the need for the provision of air traffic services](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3a#gm2-article-3a-1) 6. ## [Article 3b Coordination between military units and air traffic service providers](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3b) Without prejudice to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2005, Member States shall establish special procedures so that: 7. ## [GM1 to Article 3b(b) Coordination between military authorities and air traffic service providers](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/gm1-to-article-3b-b-coordination-between-military-authorities-and-air-traffic) The requirement is generic and includes but is not limited to the need to designate areas or routes where the requirements concerning flight plans… 8. ## [Article 3c Coordination of air operations potentially hazardous to civil aviation](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3c) Member States shall ensure that operations potentially hazardous to civil aircraft over their territory are coordinated, including over the high seas, in… [GM2 Article 3c(1) Coordination of air operations potentially hazardous to civil aviation](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3c#gm2-article-3c-1) [GM1 Article 3c(2) Coordination of air operations potentially hazardous to civil aviation](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3c#gm1-article-3c-2) 9. ## [Article 3d Very-high frequency (VHF) emergency frequency](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3d) 1 Without prejudice to paragraph 2, Member States shall ensure that the VHF emergency frequency (121,500 MHz) is only used for genuine emergency purposes… [GM1 Article 3d(2) Very-high frequency (VHF) emergency frequency](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3d#gm1-article-3d-2) 10. ## [Article 3e Allocation of Mode S interrogator codes](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3e) Member States shall ensure that changes to the allocation of an interrogator code resulting from an update to the interrogator code allocation plan are… 11. ## [Article 3f Use of the single European sky airspace](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-3f) In the context of spectrum protection, the Member States shall ensure that a secondary surveillance radar transponder on board any aircraft flying over a… 12. ## [Article 4 Competent authority for certification, oversight and enforcement](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-4) The competent authority responsible for the issuing of certificates to service providers, for the acknowledgment of receipts of declarations made by… [GM1 Article 4(5) ‘Competent authority for certification, oversight and enforcement’](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-4#gm1-article-4-5) [GM2 Article 4(5) ‘Competent authority for certification, oversight and enforcement’](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-4#gm2-article-4-5) [AMC1 Article 4(8) ‘Competent authority for certification, oversight and enforcement’](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-4#amc1-article-4-8) 13. ## [Article 5 Powers of the competent authority referred to in Article 4](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-5) The competent authorities shall, where required for the exercise of their certification, oversight and enforcement tasks under this Regulation, be… [AMC1 Article 5 ‘Powers of the competent authority referred to in Article 4’](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-5#amc1-article-5) 14. ## [Article 6 Service providers](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-6) Service providers shall be granted a certificate and be entitled to exercise the privileges granted within the scope of that certificate, where, in… [GM1 Article 6 ‘Service providers’](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-6#gm1-article-6) 15. ## [Article 7 Declaration by providers of flight information services](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-7) Where Member States allow providers of flight information services to declare their capability and means of discharging the responsibilities associated… 16. ## [Article 8 Existing certificates](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-8) Certificates that have been issued in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1035/2011 shall be deemed to have been issued in accordance with… 17. ## [Article 9 Repeal and amendment](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-9) Regulation (EC) No 482/2008 and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1034/2011 and (EU) No 1035/2011 are repealed. 18. ## [Article 10 Entry into force](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/atm-ans/cover-regulation/powers-and-recitals/article-10) This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. 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